“I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.”
Leadership is not about being in charge — it is about taking care of the people in your charge. These quotes cover management, vision, decision-making, and the qualities that separate leaders people follow willingly from those people merely tolerate.
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.”
“There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.”
“I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.”
“Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.”
“Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.”
“There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.”
“In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.”
“Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human life.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
“France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.”
“The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.”
“Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship.”
“Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”
“China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.”
“Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.”